I might as well. I'm not in any hurry, just browsing and drooling over all this new hardware.
Nvidia is getting closer to supporting Wayland: http://www.x.org/wiki/Events/XDC2014/Program/
A planned presentation at XDC2014 by Andy Ritger from Nvidia :
A planned presentation at XDC2014 by Andy Ritger from Nvidia :
XDC2014 will take place on October 8 - 10, 2014 in Bordeaux, France.
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Dex - Cyberpunk 2D action-adventure RPG is going to be released on Linux (DRM-free).
Seems to be inspired by Deus Ex, Beneath a Steel Sky and Bloodnet.
Gameplay video.
Seems to be inspired by Deus Ex, Beneath a Steel Sky and Bloodnet.
Gameplay video.
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Conceptually sounds a lot like Shadowrun. Minus the high fantasy.
Since both are cyberpunk genre, there should be similarities 
But it's a single character game, rather than a party based one. So it leans a bit more in direction of classic adventure genre. Or action games like Flashback. My first thought was about Bloodnet though, since it also was blending adventure, action and RPG in cyberpunk settings.
But it's a single character game, rather than a party based one. So it leans a bit more in direction of classic adventure genre. Or action games like Flashback. My first thought was about Bloodnet though, since it also was blending adventure, action and RPG in cyberpunk settings.
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Well the whole idea of hacking and interacting with computers through a virtual world where your avatar moves is very similar. Then again, this is also essentially the matrix from Neuromancer.
I wonder if there will ever be a game with realistic brain-computer interfaces.
I wonder if there will ever be a game with realistic brain-computer interfaces.
Speaking of multi-platform cyberpunk games, I saw this, Satellite Reign on the Humble Bundle a month or two ago for pre-order. Its another game given life thanks to Kickstarter. It looks pretty cool. It had the DRM-free indicator on the Humble Store so maybe it will land on GOG. Hope its a good game.
EDIT: Haha, and what a coincidence there's a new article about it on gamingonlinux
EDIT: Haha, and what a coincidence there's a new article about it on gamingonlinux
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Some good developments from Nvidia:
* Wayland support is getting closer (presentation from XDC 2014).
* PhysX now supports GPU acceleration on Linux.
* Wayland support is getting closer (presentation from XDC 2014).
* PhysX now supports GPU acceleration on Linux.
Tried out the Linux version of GOG's Planescape: Torment. Very easy to run: unpack tarball and run "start.sh". What it does is run the Windows game in a preconfigured Wine "bottle", and everything runs "out of the box".
It comes with a mini application to let you choose whether to run Full Screen or Windowed. Tried both and FullScreen didn't work the first time. Tried it again immediately and it did. Weird. Windowed gave me no problems.
I suppose (since this is the original Windows version) mods can be easily installed. I have a premodded version somewhere with widescreen support, Ghostdog's widescreen UI and larger fonts mod, i could either try that one or I could try modding it from scratch (more interesting).
I'll report eventually if I end up doing it. Anyway, nice little surprise for Linux gaming.
It comes with a mini application to let you choose whether to run Full Screen or Windowed. Tried both and FullScreen didn't work the first time. Tried it again immediately and it did. Weird. Windowed gave me no problems.
I suppose (since this is the original Windows version) mods can be easily installed. I have a premodded version somewhere with widescreen support, Ghostdog's widescreen UI and larger fonts mod, i could either try that one or I could try modding it from scratch (more interesting).
I'll report eventually if I end up doing it. Anyway, nice little surprise for Linux gaming.
Divinity Original Sin for Linux is delayed, but they are working on it and it's a proper native version:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/larianstudios/divinity-original-sin/posts/1034753
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/larianstudios/divinity-original-sin/posts/1034753
Icewind Dale EE is out on GOG! https://www.gog.com/game/icewind_dale_enhanced_edition
As well as Race the Sun: https://www.gog.com/game/race_the_sun
As well as Race the Sun: https://www.gog.com/game/race_the_sun
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With Icewind Dale EE coming with day one Linux support (which means that Beamdog's remake of Infinity engine supports Linux perfectly well as of now), I wonder why Baldur's Gate EE and Baldur's Gate 2 EE are still not available for Linux.
My guess is they're busy fixing general game bugs on both BGs, which are much more complex than Icewind Dale (game states, variables, events, etc). I suppose Beamdog will release the Linux versions alongside an update.
If you read the comments, Icewind Dale seems much more stable at release than BG right now.
Then again BG was a Bioware game and IWD, Black Isle
If you read the comments, Icewind Dale seems much more stable at release than BG right now.
Then again BG was a Bioware game and IWD, Black Isle
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Jolla tablet passed one million in backing on Indiegogo: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jolla-tablet-world-s-first-crowdsourced-tablet
It would be fun to run ScummVM on it But really I'm glad there is a good Linux tablet coming at last.
It would be fun to run ScummVM on it
But really I'm glad there is a good Linux tablet coming at last.
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Recently GOG released a version of Witcher 1 for OS X which isn't using Wine. I didn't see any news announcements about it. Does anyone know if they somehow remade the engine in native OpenGL or they used eON or anything else? Does it mean that Linux version is also in the pipeline?
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